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The play Antigone was written in a time were there was a lot of tension and imperialism and a lot of rulers in tense positions. Antigone was kind of a reminder to people of what would happen if the ruler was over his head with the power he has. It was also like political propaganda as there wasn't many in those times.

Synopsis Awnsers

1.) I think that this play has a strong morals behind it and is very tragic

2.) Sophocles wrote this play because maybe the rulers and leaders of the time carried too much pride which ended with a fall of their empire. He also wrote this as a message to his people and community, that not having respect for the dead because of your pride or prejudice will always strike back at you according to their religious beliefs, religion was a very big part of their lives as the Greek God Dionysus was the god of theatre.

3.) They might have wanted to watch this play because its part of their religion, they believed they needed balance in their lives and theatre brought this. They also went to theatres because all their human emotions needed to be expressed and let out and their society's thought the safest and most contained way to do so was to go to theatres.

1.What information does Antigone give to Ismene at the beginning of this scene?

I think she's comparing the way thebe's is to the way their haven is and the wrong doings and inhumanity of their new leader Creon

 2.What has just happened in the sisters’ family?

Their Brothers killed each other

 3.What does Antigone plan to do? Why

She plans to bury her brother against the word and will of her ruler (uncle) because she thinks the respect is due to bury the dead and it would be against her Gods if her brother was left to rot on the streets of Thebes

 4.Does Ismene plan to join her? Why or why not?

No because she believes in the law and abides 100% by it, but I think its her fear of her rulers power and what he might do if any was to go against his will

 5.What story does the chorus tell us about?

???

Antigone Family

Multi Media

TYPE OF MEDIA	EXAMPLE OF USE IN PERFORMANCE	POSITIVES OF USING IT…	NEGATIVES OF USING IT…
VIDEO CAMERA	Opening film to give an insight on what the play is about	Helps the audience to understand the play they're about to watch and sets the mood	Figuring out camera angles ad shots to make it look professional
PROJECTOR	The audience have more then one thing to look at and have freewill of how they want their experience to be	Multiple choices on watching the play	May be distracting to some audience members
PHONES	a scene where it is necessary to use a phone	Useful prop	-----------------------------
AUDIO RECORDINGS	Conscience	Brings more life to the play	-----------------------------
PROJECTED TEXT	If a character was walking and thinking the text of what they're thinking could be scattered on the walls around	Gives an insight to the characters thoughts helps audience understand the character	May be hard to read
LAPTOP OR COMPUTOR	Controls all multi media devices	Easier then using multiple devices	Have to know how to work everything
SPEAKER	Music	Brings mood and tempo to the paly	---------------------------

Multi Media is content which is displayed in multiple forms, intertwined with media devices such as computers.
I went to watch Antigone in Stratford royal theatre and they used Multi Media in several aspects, they had sound effects and quiet music to set moods in different scenes. They also used projected images and speech to show the conscience of Creon when he realizes what mistakes he's made. They used scenery from other places such as by a river and projected that behind the characters on stage to help the audience know where they are, which I think is called live feed.

Questions And Awnsers

1. When were ancient Greek plays performed?

 Late 5th centuary(420BC)

2. How many years ago was this?

 2435 Years Ago

3. What different types of plays were performed?

 The three main genres were comedy, Satyr plays and most popular tragedys.

4. What is a traditional Greek Theatre called?

Theatron

5. What shape was the theatre?

Bowl Shaped and very big

6. Find a picture of a traditional Greek Theatre for your blog.

7. Why were the theatres built this way?

To be able to fit whole communitys 

8. What different scenic elements are there?

 The Orchestra the skene and the audience

9. Who sat on the seats at the front?

Preists

10. Could women take part in, or attend the plays?

Only on ocassion when they had to play a female god

11. Name some of the Greek playwrights and their plays.

Aeschylus:The suppliants(463BC)

Sophocles:Antigone(442BC)

Euripides:Hippolytus(428BC)

12. What did the audience throw at the actors who performed badly?

Food and

13. What did the actors wear?

Masks

14. How did the audience sat at the back of the large theatre hear anything?
Because the way the theatre was structured made sure that no audience memeber was too far away from the actors that were in the centre of the theatre

 

 15. Who is dionysus?

The greek God of Ecstacy

16. Why is he important to Greek Theatre?
He reprecents what theatre is, which is coming out of yourself.

17. What is a Greek chorus? 
 non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece

18.  What purpose to the Chorus have in the performance? 
they would comment ove rthe actions taking place i think

19. How and why were masks used?
to represent the genre and to show they aint themselves anymore

20. What were the masks made of?
Leather wood and other light weighted materials